Judge ends federal oversight of Chicago’s political hiring
Judge ends federal oversight of Chicago’s political hiring
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A court-appointed federal monitor will no longer oversee hiring in the city of Chicago. A federal judge ruled that the city has put in place enough safeguards to minimize patronage in Chicago government jobs.
It took 45 years of court orders and consent decrees, but political reformers say that patronage, which once built a powerful democratic machine, is slowly becoming a thing of the past. WBEZ’s Alex Keefe and NPR’s David Schaper join us to discuss.
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